St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-01-15
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The bill Introduced by Mr.. Prosser. of Fill
more. in reguri to summoning jurors in DIS
trict courts. provides that county commits
siOners in making lists. shall give the post
Office address OF Of each person. The clerk
of the court shall make duplicate precepts,
directed to each juror, notifying him to APP
pear at the proper time and place. AMI mail
the same 10 each juror, and have the same
registered. The juror shall acknowledge re-
ceipt thereof ana return same TO the clerk by
mail within three days after receipt If
within fifteen days after sending such pre-
cept no receipt from the juror is received,
the sheriff shall serve the duplicate. The
clerk is allowed no additional fees. save on
amount necessary 10 cover postage. 1t is
estimated that this will make an average
saving in expense of $500 for each county.
Donnelly proposes to introduce bill fixing
the railroad charges for carrying grain. The
distance from ST. Paul to Duluth is l65 miles.
and the present charge for carrying grain is
1519c. He proposes TO make this distance
basis and fix the charge at 45%c per hushel for
carrying grain a distance OF l65 miles in any
direction from St. Paul. For 500 miles the
charge would be ne: for 800 miles. &C. Pro
rata for points between these distances.
When Senator Goodrich, Of Blue Earth
City, was trying 10 cut down the salary of the
chief ellen of the Judiciary committee, con-
trarY TO his vote on the same thing in the last
session. he was stuck for few minutes by
the fact being sprung upon him. He wanted
a ''chance TO reform When he sat down
Senators Durant and Keller informed him he
would make q good Democrat in course of
time.
The chaen re from the Prohibition club Of
Minneapolis to the Republican members of
the legislature to hire hail and discuss this
burning issue of the century brought out 4
hitherto unsus ted vein of satire in KPyes,
of Rice. He wanted TO know if the Democrats
had received challenge from John L. Sulli-
van.
Clerk Lane. against whose compensation of
SO per day such n fight was made by Mr..
Goodrich, Is the same clerk who was employed
during the last session. and at the time he
was assistant attorney general he compiled
all the laws of the state into the present
standard volume.
In looking over the list Of the governors
appointments II is to be observed that only
one man resigned his observation-disclosures
John DeLaittre, of Minneapolis. who was one
of the inspectors of the state prison.
Geo sc w. Marc ha w appointed clerk
of the committee on put i. accounts and
Charles Eberl } clerk OF the committee on
roaC and brid-,s by Speaker Merriam.
Capt. Sn I. of Hennepln, filed his papers
yesterday in his contest case against Gross.
All the points touched upon nave been fully
detailed in the GLOBE.
Plowman made his debut as an orator in the
farmers meeting last night. II was his first
effort. and ne may 90 better EeXt time.
Hon. John a. Lovely was Il visitor yester-
dav. He walked labo )usly as if his pockets
were weighted down with blasted hopes.
A good many of the members pass away the
afternoon hours at their desks writing letters
and reading the papers.
Speaker Merriam will give a reception to
the members of the legislature Thursday
evening al o'clock. at mis- residence.
Donnelly says the railroads have carried
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The telegraph operator HES away as soon
as the speakers gavel falls.
Ward, of Waeeca, says there are no Black
stones in the senate.